2. Old World Wisconsin Galleries

Animals of OWW

Old World Wisconsin, the Midwest's largest outdoor living history museum, showcases the life of immigrants to the State of Wisconsin in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is owned and operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society and occupies nearly 600 acres in the rolling hills of the Kettle Moraine area of Southeast Wisconsin near the small village of Eagle. It includes nine ethnic farms plus a village with a blacksmith, cobbler, general store, church, inn, shoe shop, and several residences. Interpreters dress in period clothing and go about their daily chores of farming, cooking, laundry, shoe making, blacksmithing, etc. The 40 some odd historic builldings on the site were moved to Old World from various locations in the early 1970s. The museum was opened to the public as the bicentennial project of the State of Wisconsin in 1976.
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  • Two young visitors make friends with sheep.
  • Schoolchildren on a field trip enjoy a tug of war with Teddy and Bear, Old World Wisconsin oxen.
  • Members of the Jefferson County Draft Horse Association plow, prepare, and seed the fields at Old World Wisconsin at two special events each year, Spring Rituals in May and Autumn on the Farms in October.
  • Members of the Jefferson County Draft Horse Association plow, prepare, and seed the fields at Old World Wisconsin at two special events each year, Spring Rituals in May and Autumn on the Farms in October.
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  • Members of the Jefferson County Draft Horse Association plow, prepare, and seed the fields at Old World Wisconsin at two special events each year, Spring Rituals in May and Autumn on the Farms in October.
  • Members of the Jefferson County Draft Horse Association plow, prepare, and seed the fields at Old World Wisconsin at two special events each year, Spring Rituals in May and Autumn on the Farms in October.
  • Members of the Jefferson County Draft Horse Association plow, prepare, and seed the fields at Old World Wisconsin at two special events each year, Spring Rituals in May and Autumn on the Farms in October.
  • Members of the Jefferson County Draft Horse Association plow, prepare, and seed the fields at Old World Wisconsin at two special events each year, Spring Rituals in May and Autumn on the Farms in October.
  • A border collie herds sheep at Old World Wisconsin's special event, Spring Rituals in May.
  • The three little pigs.
  • A shy cow at the 1915 Ketola dairy farm hangs out in her favorite shady in her pasture.
  • Draft horses are hitched up while their owners enjoy a dinner for volunteers at the Koepsel farm during Autumn on the Farms, a special event in October at Old World Wisonsin.
  • Interpreters and volunteers at the annual Autumn on the Farms event enjoy a classic American farm dinner in the backyard of the Koepsell farmhouse. Draft horses used for the fall planting are hitched up behind the farmers waiting to get back to work in the fields.
  • Draft horses and their owners share a "table" at the farm dinner for volunteers during the annual Autumn on the Farms special event in October.
  • A team of oxen and their driver pass by the Grube barn at the 1860 Schulz (German) farm.
  • Members of the Jefferson County Draft Horse Association plow, prepare, and seed the fields at Old World Wisconsin at two special events each year, Spring Rituals in May and Autumn on the Farms in October.
  • Members of the Jefferson County Draft Horse Association plow, prepare, and seed the fields at Old World Wisconsin at two special events each year, Spring Rituals in May and Autumn on the Farms in October.
  • Members of the Jefferson County Draft Horse Association plow, prepare, and seed the fields at Old World Wisconsin at two special events each year, Spring Rituals in May and Autumn on the Farms in October.
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